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Grand Canyon Upper Elves

Day 4 Grand Canyon: Big rapids, beautiful waterfalls

November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: It takes an eight-mile hike to reach the famous and popular 98-foot high Havasu Falls, within Havasupai tribal...
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Grand Canyon Upper Jrig Rapids

Better and best: Thoughts on our last day rafting the Grand Canyon

November 10, 2020
By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: Only about 100 people had traveled by boat through the Grand Canyon by 1949–eighty years after John Wesley Powell’s...
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Day One Eileen

DAY ONE: Rafting the Grand Canyon with Western River Expeditions

October 21, 2020
Guest Blog originally posted on www.takingthekids.com By Eileen Ogintz DID YOU KNOW: The oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon date back 1.8 billion...
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Fitting Everything in One Bag: Rafting Survival Kit

June 18, 2020
The nationwide lockdowns probably put a damper in your enthusiasm as it has prevented most of us from pursuing our travel plans. But instead of...
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Grand Canyon Upper Granite Rapids

Behind the Scenes Grand Canyon Rafting

June 10, 2020
At some point in any river trip through the Grand Canyon, a guest will ask, “How do you get the boats back upstream?” As guides, we'd rather the...
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The River in a Covid-19 World

May 13, 2020
Nowadays, so much around us seems so uncertain. There are times in this uncertain world we are all navigating when we can’t help but feel a bit...
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Latimes Article

The L.A. Times Prescribes Whitewater Rafting as Best Possible Vacation for Summer of 2020

May 12, 2020
"If and when life returns to normal — whatever the heck that will mean — this spring or summer, one of the first things I want to do is get on a...
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Cowboy Up He Said... Spring is around the Corner

May 11, 2020
This video was filmed and edited a few years ago when Garth Bundy retired. Garth had a positive impact on me as a young river guide, and then years...
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Your River Reading List

April 28, 2020
Here's a list of must-reads and favorite books to enhance your experience in canyon country and expand your knowledge of life in the...
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Western River Expeditions wasn’t always Western River Expeditions

April 22, 2020
So I've been told... Western River Expeditions wasn’t always Western River Expeditions. In the beginning, it was just one man, Jack Currey,...
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Lessons From The Daily

April 17, 2020
I've loved my time working on a stretch of the Colorado River known to locals as "The Daily”. Rafting day trips here is one of the most popular...
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Reading List

Reading List for the River

April 2, 2020
I have been extremely fortunate to have spent almost 600 miles on various rivers with Western River Expeditions. The next planned trip is June 16,...
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Smile in the Face

Our Brains in STOP, YIELD and GO - Building a Sense of Adventure

March 26, 2020
My friend, and former Western River guide, Kyndel Marcroft has made a career of studying the brain in relation to stressful or traumatic situations...
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Grand Canyon Upper Jrig Rapids

Five Boats, Five Stories: J-Rigs, Oar rigs, Paddle rafts, Dories and Duckies in Grand Canyon

March 10, 2020
My first exposure to white water rafting down the grand canyon was as a 17 year old "extra swamper" on a motorized J-Rig raft. Maybe that skews my...
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Utah Yoga Wellness Elise

Yoga and Cataract Canyon Rafting

March 10, 2020
Hello! We are so excited to be offering this amazing trip, created just for you! If you’re booking a river trip with Western, you’re already...
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Grand Canyon Upper Nankoweap Reflection

Grand Canyon Rafting

January 28, 2020
What is the Grand Canyon? If you typed this question into your search engine you would likely get a simple geographical/geological answer stating...
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Brian Merrill Ceo

2019 Year in Review

December 26, 2019
2019 was a tremendous year for Western River Expeditions and the Moab Adventure Center. We had a lot of water in the river, thanks to some heavy...
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Brian's Welcome to Moab, Utah

November 11, 2019
Anyone who has booked their Utah multi-day rafting trip may have already stumbled upon this insightful video from our CEO Brian Merrill on one our...
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Grand Canyon Upper Nankoweap Reflection

10 Tips for the First Time Whitewater Rafter - Western River Blog

October 3, 2019
1. Don’t over pack Everyone over packs. I’ve done hundreds of whitewater rafting trips and I’ve over packed for almost every one. I’ve come off...
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Grand Canyon Upper Granite Rapids

11 Myths of Whitewater Rafting - Western River Blog

October 3, 2019
MYTH #1- “Rafting is for adrenaline junkies” We know that the videos and photos of extreme (extremely questionable) rafting antics seem to be the...
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Grand Canyon Upper Jrig Rapids

Seven Surprises of a Grand Canyon Trip - Western River Blog

October 3, 2019
Seven is a good number. The Grand Canyon is one of seven wonders of the world. The Grand Canyon was a surprise to Conquistadors en-route to the...
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